Category : Blog

August 9, 2022 | Blog

YOU’RE INVITED TO AN APP WORKER BARBECUE!

Justice for App Workers is proud to partner with our coalition member the Independent Drivers Guild to host a barbecue for solidarity. Join us for a shared celebration of app workers and our families! CLICK HERE TO RSVP This is a chance to celebrate all our progress together, along with delicious halal food, giveaways of […]

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July 29, 2022 | Blog

JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS IS ACCEPTING ENDORSEMENTS!

Last week, Justice for App Workers celebrated its first big victory – we won critical health benefits for New York drivers! We are proud to help keep app drivers in New York safer, and this is just the start of what we will achieve together.  When groups endorse our movement, their support helps us push […]

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July 28, 2022 | Blog

APP WORKERS ARE THE NEXT WAVE OF UNION ORGANIZING

All signs point to this moment as the right time to join a union. Across the United States, workers are coming together to demand fair pay and fair treatment at their workplaces. Just this year, the national approval of labor unions reached its highest point since 1965. Americans’ approval of labor unions has also increased […]

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July 21, 2022 | Blog

JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS LEADERS PLAN FOR UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS

Justice for App Workers represents a historic unity between rideshare drivers and delivery workers. The promise of this unity is that when we come together – in a way the app companies NEVER thought we could – we can build the political power needed to win the rights, benefits, and protections that will change our […]

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July 14, 2022 | Blog

JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS MEMBERS MEET AT ELECTRIC FIRST GENERAL MEETING

A few weeks ago, Justice for App Workers members came together to plan how we can win safer working conditions, higher wages, the right to form a union, and more! We are working strategically to win our demands and improve the lives of all app workers as we take on Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and other […]

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June 29, 2022 | Blog

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? An End to Unfair Deactivation

App companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have policies that put drivers and delivery workers under constant threat of “deactivation.” For app workers, this is the equivalent of immediate firing. The current process allows for deactivation without cause and with no chance to defend yourself, ultimately resulting in app workers losing their entire income at […]

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June 24, 2022 | Blog

WE NEED YOU! JOIN US TUESDAY FOR OUR FIRST GENERAL MEETING

Do you want to play a role in the fight for app workers’ rights? Have ideas for how we can win higher wages, safer jobs, and the right to form a union? Want a free halal lunch? Come out to our General Meeting on Tuesday! Justice for App Workers’ historic alliance of rideshare drivers and […]

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June 16, 2022 | Blog

JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS MEMBERS TESTIFY AT DELIVERY WORKER PUBLIC HEARING

We’re tired of working long hours for low pay. We’re tired of feeling scared every time we go out to make a delivery. That’s why delivery workers are telling their stories and speaking out for change! This week, members of Justice for App Workers joined the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection hearing on […]

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June 7, 2022 | Blog

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? The Right to Form a Union

This year has been monumental for the labor movement as a whole. In a recent article, Civil Eats stated: “The three most powerful, most energetic organizing campaigns of workers across the country are at Amazon, Starbucks, and delivery workers.”   Worker power is growing. Along with recent victories among Amazon and Starbucks workers across the […]

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June 2, 2022 | Blog

JUSTICE FOR APP WORKERS MEMBERS TESTIFY AT NYC TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMISSION HEARING

Last week, Justice for App Workers members testified at the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission public meeting on for-hire vehicle driver pay and industry economics. In our testimonies, we held the NYC TLC accountable for ensuring rideshare drivers are getting fair pay for our work.  We emphasized the burden of rising expenses and the need […]

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